WHO GETS THE HEART? Daniela Acevedo Castillo José Manuel Solís Bulos RANKING 1. MARTHA ROSALES •. SHOULD: She has the perfect age‚ she has to take care of three kids. •. SHOULDN’T: Other people need it more. 2. LEONID GROMYKOVITCH •. SHOULD: He is an important person in the U.S. government‚ he is the only one taking care of his kids. •. SHOULDN’T: He is a little bit old for the heart. 3. SOOHAN KIM • SHOULD: He has an entire life to live. • SHOULDN’T: There are people who have children and need
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liver transplants. Alcoholism is the leading cause of liver disease‚ donor livers are extremely scarce and liver transplants are very expensive to perform. These facts force us to ask the question‚ Should alcoholism be a factor in deciding who receives liver transplants? I propose that alcoholics who have done nothing to better their condition should be placed at the bottom of the waiting list for liver transplants. Not all alcoholics should be excluded from treatment. Alcoholics who have received
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When my eyes glanced over the options of the six potential owners of a new heart‚ my brain told me exactly who it would be. The heart should go to John Williams‚ though he may not be the best person he is the most beneficial. Now I know what you are thinking: “Why?” Well‚ my fellow Board of Directors let me tell you. Archibald McFarland is 70 years old and has lived a life of success and achievement. To give him the heart would be pointless because he has nothing left to accomplish since he is already
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I.S 292 811 Mohammed Shoaib 3/1/2015 Prioritizing Organ Transplant Currently‚ in our world there are many people that need medical attention‚ while many of them are in critical condition there are many individuals that are supposed to be prioritized. They can be prioritized unlike many other people who may need it more than the person that is getting prioritized. Organ transplants is one of the many cases in which people become prioritized and this can result in children needing it more than
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Who Gets The Heart? Who deserves the gift of life? These are five patients who are worthy of having this heart transplant. This has been one of the toughest decisions in my career as a doctor‚ but I have made a choice. I’ve decided that Helen is the best candidate for this surgery. I feel this way partly because‚ her kids are at a stage in their life where they need their mothers care and the others aren’t good choices for a few reasons. But this is not the main reason for my choice. Above all
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Lung Transplantation: Should Smoker’s Lungs Be Used as Donors for Lung Transplants College Writing‚ GE201 April 10th‚ 2013 Lung Transplantation: Should Smoker’s Lungs be used as donors for lung Transplants With the extreme shortage of vital organs for transplantations‚ research continues to decrease mortality rates of patients waiting for organs while on transplant waiting lists. While researchers found that receiving a lung from a donor with a smoking history correlated
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Honors Activity 6.3 Organ Transplants In order to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs in a person’s body‚ immunosuppressive therapy is necessary. These drugs have saved many lives and extended many others. The number of patients taking immunosuppressive drugs is not decreasing and at the same time doctors following up their patients after an organ transplant must be very vigilant and need to monitor the patience response to the therapy very closely. Unfortunately science has not yet
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Kidney Transplant COM/150 June 6‚ 2010 Axia College of University of Phoenix Kidney disease has become more prevalent over the years‚ one in nine Americans has chronic kidney disease‚ resulting in the need for a kidney transplant. Kidney failure is caused by variety of factors resulting in damage of the nephrons‚ which are the most important functioning unit of the kidneys. Kidney failure can be broken down into three groups: acute‚ chronic‚ end-stage. Once kidney failure is irreversible
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Criteria for making a medical decision for someone who may or may not be competent‚ is first to find out if they are competent. If they aren’t do they have Advance directives‚ living will‚ appointed POA of healthcare? You need to keep in mind their religious beliefs and wishes so that you don’t impose your own beliefs on the decisions for their healthcare. POA for Healthcare‚ is someone you designate; “your health agent will have the authority to make life and death decisions for you according
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22 people die each day waiting for transplants that can’t take place. A patient in urgent need of an organ can easily be saved but the transplant does not take place because of a wait list. Patients who urgently need an organ transplant who meet the criteria should get the organ(s) first. The reasons behind this is‚ if a patient is on their death-bed and in need of an organ not getting this organ can lead to potential death. Another reason is the chance of survival that the patient has urgent or
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